Month: February 2018

While its streaming music service was killed off, Microsoft continues to support and add new features to its Groove Music app. While Microsoft has killed Groove Music Pass, the company’s streaming music service, its native Groove Music app continues. It is a native UWP app and …

Save time by creating a system restore shortcut on your Windows 10 desktop that allows you to make one with a simple double-click. Whenever you make a major change to your Windows 10 system, like doing a registry hack or installing a major software suite, it’s …

Microsoft released two new Windows 10 preview builds for Insiders in the Fast ring and the Skip Ahead program. Here is a look at what’s new. Microsoft today released Windows 10 Insider Preview Build 17101 to Insiders in the Fast ring. And, if you are in …

The zoom feature is a quick way to temporarily enlarge items on your desktop in Windows 10 or macOS. These days, your computer’s desktop can feel like a sweeping vista; large and expansive giving you a birds-eye view of the land with the various apps and …

Having trouble finding files? You can rebuild, update, or add drives to Windows 10 Search Index to get it working again. More than 10 years ago, Microsoft introduced an improved feature in Windows Vista called Instant Search. The feature made finding your files and apps faster, …

If you just upgraded to Windows 10 but you are experiencing a slow desktop, here are some ways to speed it up. Your computer has been on a marathon upgrade cycle since 2015 and is probably feeling exhausted with the number of feature updates and cumulative …

BARCELONA, ESP – Today Samsung is announcing the Galaxy S9 and S9+. Both devices bring iterative designs over the Galaxy S8 – which is not a bad thing. The camera sees significant upgrades with both a new innovative camera sensor as well as an industry first-adjustable …

HEXUS has followed the Smach Z handheld PC Steam Machine saga with interest over the last few years. We first reported upon this curiously attractive machine back in August 2015 after it transitioned from its prior 'Steam Boy' moniker to the Smach Zero. At that time …

You may or may not have seen Energizer brand phones and smartphones before. These are mobiles with typically strong battery performance, manufactured by Avenir Telecom. A recent example is the modern 'Edge' style Power Max P600S which packs plenty of modern and attractive features alongside a …

Today, historic UK computer brand Acorn announced a 40th Anniversary release - the Acorn Micro Phone C5. Acorn's success in the public eye began with the BBC Micro in the 1980s, continued with the Archimedes, and spawned the hugely successful Arm chip design company, now owned …

When Corsair announced its arrival in the PC chassis arena, it did so with a bang. Who remembers the epic Obsidian Series 800D? The beautiful Graphite Series 600T? Or the super-sleek Obsidian Series 550D? They were all attractive cases in their own unique ways, but you …

The last year has been particularly interesting on the CPU front. AMD came out swinging with its array of Ryzen chips from March 2017 onwards, Intel then upped its consumer game, for the first time in a while, in October 2017 when the 8th Gen Core …

We have seen a significant amount of pre-launch coverage of Qualcomm-powered Always Connected PCs, also known as Snapdragon PCs, and previously known as Cellular PCs. This initiative has been public knowledge for well over a year. Now Intel has shown its cards with which it hopes …

AMD loves to provide PC users with a great $99 CPU, and with the Ryzen 3 2200G, it's delivered a genuine classic. Traditional wisdom suggests that when constructing a gaming PC, you need to purchase both CPU and GPU, but the Red Team's latest offering delivers …

When we first looked at Playerunknown's Battlegrounds on Xbox One, it's fair to say that we weren't hugely impressed, owing to its cut-back visuals and remarkably low frame-rates. And with that in mind, the basic concept of the game being adapted for iOS and Android seems …

A big patch coming to Call of Duty: WW2 tomorrow speeds up competitive multiplayer gameplay and nerfs quickscoping. Quickscoping is the act of using a sniper rifle to aim down sights before pullling the trigger at the first viable moment for what is hopefully a one …

Bungie has delayed a number of key improvements set to hit Destiny 2. Destiny 2's updated new feature roadmap. Long-awaited features such as exotic repetition reduction, nightfall unique rewards and companion vendor viewing were all due to go live next week as part of the 1.1.3 …

I spent a couple of hours this week playing a preview build of the upcoming Assassin's Creed DLC, Curse of the Pharaohs - which, as the name suggests, is all about the ire of Egypt's rulers. Specifically, the dead ones. With some careless grave robbers helping …

Blizzard has issued a major new patch to Warcraft 3 amid rumours the company is set to announce a remaster of the 16-year-old real-time strategy game. The update, which is live now on the Warcraft 3 PTR, makes balance adjustments to many of the heroes, adds …